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I think you may have read that wrong in an earlier response. A woman does not need permission from the man to terminate her pregnancy. However, in most states I believe, she does need the father's permission if she is going to give the baby up for adoption.

That leads to a good question though. The article doesn't say a thing about the father. Is he in the picture? Is he paying his share of child support?

Quoting Naturewoman4:

Also, I didn't know that if a woman wants to terminate her pregnancy that she had to have the father's permission?

You didn't miss anything. The article doesn't say anything about color. I myself have little experience with bcp's. I was only on them once very temporarily and in fact for my situation the doctor said to just skip the placebos and just keep taking the active pills. But each time I got my pack, the active's were one color and the placebo's were another. I just assumed all of them were that way until I read other responses in this thread.

I guess whether or not it would be reasonable that she would've noticed would depend on how her pills were color coded and what specifically the error was.

Quoting LauraKW:

This article doesn't say specifically which brand she was taking. How do we know the regular pills and placebo pills weren't all the same color? Did I miss where it said anything about the color or lack thereof? I have been extremely busy - and productive! - today.

Quoting Traci_Momof2:

Couldn't the 12 years be used against her too though? Saying that since she had been taking them for 12 years, she should've known by then which color was the active pills and which color was the placebo pills. Therefore, she should've easily recognized the mistake upon opening the package, before ever taking even one pill from it.

Quoting LauraKW:

I believe the fact that she had taken their product effectively for 12 years will strengthen her case, but it will likely come down to what a jury believes.

Quoting adulation:

on one hand I see how they can be held responsible, yet on the other hand what if she had become pregnant with the pills in the right spots? like if she had not taken them at the same time every day or had forgotten to take one of them, or one of the many mistakes we can make that can lesson the effects of our pills which we all know are NOT 100% effective?!

So then the same would apply for a man, if he doesn't pull out and she gets pregnant should he not be held responsible for child support because she chose not to abort?

Quoting talia-mom:

It isn't ridiculous. She chose to stay pregnant when she could have aborted. She chose to stay a mom when she could have given the child up for adoption.

I am sure her child is going to be so happy later to learn mommy doesn't want to have to pay to raise her because well....even though I chose to have you, others should pay for you because I don't really want a kid.

They screwed up. They should pay for the pregnancy costs. No one forced this woman to stay a mom, so no they aren't and should never be responsible for her choices.

How so? The company's negligence+her having sex = pregnancy= baby. Imo they should be responsible for 1/3 of medical cost of pregnancy +1/3 of cosy to raise child. Somewhere I read average cost of child birth to 18 years for a middle income family is 235,000....so imo the company should be responsible for 1/3 of that.

Quoting Traci_Momof2:

Apples and doorknobs

Quoting lucky2785:

So then the same would apply for a man, if he doesn't pull out and she gets pregnant should he not be held responsible for child support because she chose not to abort?

Quoting talia-mom:

It isn't ridiculous. She chose to stay pregnant when she could have aborted. She chose to stay a mom when she could have given the child up for adoption.

I am sure her child is going to be so happy later to learn mommy doesn't want to have to pay to raise her because well....even though I chose to have you, others should pay for you because I don't really want a kid.

They screwed up. They should pay for the pregnancy costs. No one forced this woman to stay a mom, so no they aren't and should never be responsible for her choices.

Comparing the company's negligence to a man not pulling out is comparing two entirely different things. Pulling out isn't even a real form of birth control to start with. Not to mention that regardless of bc or lack therof, the man and the woman who made the baby are both responsible for the support of that baby upon it's birth.

That's very different from a pharmaceutical company messing up a batch of pills and likely causing a pregnancy. The company should pay for 100% of her pregnancy and birth expense, but 0% of the cost to raise the child.

Quoting lucky2785:

How so? The company's negligence+her having sex = pregnancy= baby. Imo they should be responsible for 1/3 of medical cost of pregnancy +1/3 of cosy to raise child. Somewhere I read average cost of child birth to 18 years for a middle income family is 235,000....so imo the company should be responsible for 1/3 of that.

Quoting Traci_Momof2:

Apples and doorknobs

Quoting lucky2785:

So then the same would apply for a man, if he doesn't pull out and she gets pregnant should he not be held responsible for child support because she chose not to abort?

Quoting talia-mom:

It isn't ridiculous. She chose to stay pregnant when she could have aborted. She chose to stay a mom when she could have given the child up for adoption.

I am sure her child is going to be so happy later to learn mommy doesn't want to have to pay to raise her because well....even though I chose to have you, others should pay for you because I don't really want a kid.

They screwed up. They should pay for the pregnancy costs. No one forced this woman to stay a mom, so no they aren't and should never be responsible for her choices.

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